Brick Crochet Stitch

“BRICK CROCHET STITCH” – BY HILARIA FINA

STITCHES AND TECHNIQUES USED

SLIP KNOT
With about 15 cm of yarn, make a loop. Insert your hook through the center of the loop, draw the end of the yarn through the loop, and pull on the tail to tighten.

CHAIN (abbrev. ch)
YO and pull through the loop on hook.

CHAIN SPACE (abbrev. ch1sp)
To create a stitch within a chain space, just insert your hook into the space/hole/gap (underneath the chain) to make your stitch.

SINGLE CROCHET (abbrev. sc)
Insert hook in stitch, YO and pull up loop (2 loops on your hook), YO again and pull through both loops on hook.

DOUBLE CROCHET (abbrev. dc)
YO, insert hook in stitch, YO and pull up loop (3 loops on hook), YO and pull through the first 2 loops on hook (2 loops on hook), YO again and pull through the remaining 2 loops on hook.

CROCHETING INTO THE BACK BUMP OF A CHAIN
Usually you crochet in the right side of the chain. When you turn your chain, you’ll see a small ‘bump’ on the wrong side of each stitch.

FRONT POST DOUBLE CROCHET (abbrev. FPhdc)
YO, insert hook from front to the back and to the front again around the post (vertical bar), YO, pull the yarn through the stitch (3 loops on hook) and finish a hdc as usual.

START CROCHETING | BRICK STITCH

• Turning chain at the beginning of row do not count as a stitch.
• Number of rows in pattern repeat : 2

To begin: multiple 3  + 1 + 1 turning chain

Row 01. Starting in 2nd ch through back bumps, sc, [2ch, sk 2ch, sc] to end. 

Row 02. ch, turn, dc, [3dc in ch2sp, fpdc in next sc] to last ch2sp, 3dc in ch2sp, dc in last sc.

Row 03. ch, turn, sc, [2ch, sk 3dc, sc in next st] to end.

Repeat rows 02|03 until desired height is reached.

CHART | BRICK STITCH

You can check the symbols used in the chart in the post “Crochet Symbols”.

VIDEOTUTORIAL | HILARIA FINA

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